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Best alternatives to Oxford Dictionary Lookup (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Oxford Dictionary Lookup, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Oxford Dictionary Lookup: reviews, users and permissionsBest Education extensions

Oxford Dictionary Lookup today

≈10K users4.8★ from 33 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago2 permissions

Oxford Dictionary Lookup alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Lookup Word in Dictionary

    Looks up the selected text on a world famous online dictionary.

    ≈9K users4.3★ from 85 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago4 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    • Rated 0.4 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
    Lookup Word in Dictionary alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    Cambridge Dictionary Lookup

    Looks up the selected text on Cambridge Dictionary

    ≈20K users4.7★ from 63 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    Cambridge Dictionary Lookup alternativesCompare side by side
  3. 3

    Cambridge Dictionary

    Look up selected text in 'Cambridge Dictionary' page.

    ≈10K users4.6★ from 14 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    • Updated less recently
    • Listed under Accessibility
    Cambridge Dictionary alternativesCompare side by side
  4. 4

    LEOs Dictionaries

    Adds LEOs dictionaries to the context menu. Select text in any webpage and open the context menu to look up words quickly.

    ≈3K users4.0★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago5 permissions
    • About 3.3× fewer users than Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
    LEOs Dictionaries alternativesCompare side by side
  5. 5

    Mouse Dictionary

    A super fast dictionary for language learners

    ≈90K users4.7★ from 118 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago4 permissions
    • About 9.0× more users than Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Mouse Dictionary alternativesCompare side by side
  6. 6

    Dictionary

    Full-featured dictionary extension

    ≈6K users4.3★ from 31 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions
    • About 1.7× fewer users than Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    • Rated 0.4 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
    Dictionary alternativesCompare side by side
  7. 7

    Lexico: Dictionary & Thesaurus by Oxford

    Write 'lexico' followed by the word to search, then press enter.

    ≈1K users1.0★ from 2 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
    Compare side by side
  8. 8

    Google Dictionary (by Google)

    View definitions easily as you browse the web.

    ≈4M users3.8★ from 13.7K ratingsUpdated 9 months ago1 permissions
    • About 400× more users than Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    • Rated 1.0 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
    Google Dictionary (by Google) alternativesCompare side by side
  9. 9

    Lexin dictionary

    Swedish to other languages dictionary. Powered by Lexin and Folkets Lexikon

    ≈2K users4.3★ from 58 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago2 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    • Rated 0.4 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    Lexin dictionary alternativesCompare side by side
  10. 10

    Yomitan Popup Dictionary

    Popup dictionary for language learning

    ≈100K users4.7★ from 159 ratingsUpdated 7 days ago8 permissions
    • About 10× more users than Oxford Dictionary Lookup
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (8 vs 2)
    Yomitan Popup Dictionary alternativesCompare side by side

Oxford Dictionary Lookup alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Oxford Dictionary Lookup?

By users, the most popular alternative is Google Dictionary (by Google) with ≈4M users and a 3.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Lookup Word in Dictionary.

Which Oxford Dictionary Lookup alternative has the best rating?

Mouse Dictionary has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 118 ratings.

Is there a Oxford Dictionary Lookup alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Lexico: Dictionary & Thesaurus by Oxford asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Oxford Dictionary Lookup.

How many alternatives to Oxford Dictionary Lookup are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Oxford Dictionary Lookup on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.